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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Delay In Projects
As per the information available on Udyam Registration Portal, since its launch on 01.07.2020, the total investment and turnover of the registered Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  have shown an increasing trend, as detailed below:
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Year Wise total Investment & total Turnover Under Udyam Registered MSMEs Since Inception to 14.07.2023
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Year
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Total Investment

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Total Turnover

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2020-21
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404,683.08
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4,787,788.47
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2021-22
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684,670.12
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9,214,009.94
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2022-23
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785,762.89
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11,239,434.45
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2023-24 
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758,938.30
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14,503,951.65
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises implements various schemes for the growth and development of MSME sector in the country in areas of credit support, formalization, technological assistance, infrastructure development, skill development and training and market assistance to MSMEs which enable them to widen their business. The schemes/programmes inter alia include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme , Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises , Micro and Small Enterprises-Cluster Development Programme , A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship , Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme , Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme  and National SC/ST Hub .
The Government has taken a number of recent initiatives to support MSMEs in the country, include:
 Rs. 5 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme  for business, including MSMEs.
 Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through MSME Self-Reliant India Fund.
 New revised criteria for classification of MSMEs.
 No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crores.
 “Udyam Registration” for MSMEs, for Ease of Doing Business.
 Launching of an online Portal “Champions” in June, 2020 to cover many aspects of e-governance including grievance redress and handholding of MSMEs.
 Inclusion of Retail and Wholesale trades as MSMEs w.e.f. 02nd July, 2021.
 Non-tax benefits extended for 3 years in case of an upward change in status of MSMEs.
 Roll out of Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance  programme with an outlay of Rs. 6,000 crore over 5 years.
 Launch of Udyam Assist Platform  on 11.01.2023 to bring the Informal Micro Enterprises  under the formal ambit for availing the benefit under Priority Sector Lending .
This information was given by Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the demise of Shri Jagmohan
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Shri Jagmohan.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said :
"Jagmohan Ji’s demise is a monumental loss for our nation. He was an exemplary administrator and a renowned scholar. He always worked towards the betterment of India. His ministerial tenure was marked by innovative policy making. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti."
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah paid his respects to former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary
"Offered floral tributes at Sadaiva Atal on the birth anniversary of the most revered Bharat Ratna Atal ji"
"Atal ji's thoughts and his dedication to the progress of the country will always give us strength to serve the nation"
"Salutations to the revered Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who began the era of development, welfare of the poor and good governance in India and a life devoted to the nation”
"Atal ji's commitment to work and service to the nation will always be the focus of inspiration for us"
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah paid his respects to the former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary. Shri Amit Shah paid homage at Atal ji's Memorial in New Delhi today.
In his tweets, the Union Home Minister said “Offered floral tributes at Sadaiva Atal on the birth anniversary of the most revered Bharat Ratna Atal ji. Atal ji's thoughts and his dedication to the progress of the country will always give us strength to serve nation.”
Shri Amit Shah also said, “Salutations to the revered Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who started the era of development, welfare of the poor and good governance in India and a life devoted to the nation. Atal ji's duty and national service will always be the focus of inspiration for us. Atal ji's commitment to work and service to the nation will always be the center of inspiration for us.”
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of API Holdings Private Limited equity shareholding by CDPQ Private Equity Asia Pte. Ltd.
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition by CDPQ Private Equity Asia Pte. Ltd.  of equity shareholding of API Holdings Private Limited  under Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002, today.
The combination envisages an acquisition of approximately 2% shareholding in the Target by the Acquirer along with certain additional rights.
The Acquirer is a wholly owned subsidiary of CDPQ and located in Singapore. CDPQ acts as an institutional investor that manages funds primarily for public and para-public pension and insurance plans. CDPQ is a Canadian institutional fund, which manages and serves more than 40 depositors which comprises public and private pension and insurance funds in Quebec.
API Holdings is a company incorporated in India and is the ultimate parent entity of the API Holdings group. API Holdings, either directly or through its subsidiaries, carries out various business activities inter alia including:
 wholesale and distribution of drugs ;
 provision of transportation services primarily focused on the pharmaceutical sector;
 owning technology and intellectual property for developing e-commerce platforms including marketplaces for facilitating the sale of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and OTC drugs;
 manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical, ayurvedic and nutraceutical products, medical devices, hygiene products, life-saving medicines, herbal products and food supplements;
 operating and providing an online application which provides a business to business  order management system for retailers and distributors of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and OTC drugs.
A detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Jaipur International Airport facilitates essential medical supplies amid tough times
683 boxes of Covid Vaccine and 527 Boxes of oxygen concentrators transported from 1st May to 09th June 2021
85 Boxes of Black Fungus medicines also transported from 1st May to 09th June 2021
Jaipur Airport has been tirelessly working to ensure that vaccines, medical equipment and other essential supplies are safely loaded and reaching their destination on time of medical equipment and materials 24x7.
A total 683 boxes of Covid Vaccine,527 Boxes  of oxygen concentrator, 42 Boxes  of Oximeter,30 Boxes  of COVID19 Detection Kit, 08 Boxes  of Vaccination Kitand 85 Boxes  of Black Fungus medicines have been transported through various airlines from 1st May 2021 till 09th June 2021 through Jaipur Airport.
To overcome the oxygen crisis, a total of 09 emptyoxygen tankers weretransportedfrom Jaipur to Jamnagar through Indian Airforce aircraft from 26th April 2021 to16th May 2021.
Apart from this, JaipurAirport is also following all the COVID19 related guidelines and protocols as per the instructions of Central and State Government to ensure a safe journey for passengers.The airport staff makes continuous requests to all the passengers, stakeholders, visitors, employees etc. to always follow COVID appropriate behaviour and maintain staggered timing to minimise crowding. To create awareness regarding COVID appropriate behaviour, ensuring safety of passengers, theairport is also displaying instructions through severalelectronic and permanent displays at the terminal.
Jaipur Airport has also organised Covid vaccination camp for employees of AAI and other stakeholders in collaboration and support from Govt. of Rajasthan, taking all safety measures into consideration. Total 09 Vaccination camps were organised at Jaipur Airport in May and June 21 in which around 2000 beneficiaries got vaccinated.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
Air nano-bubble - breakthrough technology by IIT, Ropar to reduce 90 per cent water use in textile sector
To address the use of large quantity of water in textile sector, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed an innovative green technology - air nano-bubble that can reduce the water quantity. The prestigious institute has claimed that the technology can reduce the use of water up to 90 per cent.
As per the rough estimate 200-250 L of water required to process 1 kg of Cotton fabric. The laboratory reports suggest the airnano-bubble dispersed in water can reduce the water consumption, chemical dosage by 90-95% which ultimately saves 90% of the energy consumption as well, claimed by Dr. Nirmalkar who has developed this technology.Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar said, “Textile is one of the most water-intensive industries and there is an escalating need to address the problem of managing water usage in textile industry associated with contamination of water. At IIT Ropar we are inventing and incorporating new-age processing methods to conserve water for our future generations.
In textile industry, the water is used at many steps required for fabric preparation including for dyeing, finishing chemicals in the textile substrates, desizing , scouring, bleaching, and mercerizing . At the same time the textile industry also produces the highest volume of wastewater. The major source of water pollution are pre-treatment, dyeing, printing, and finishing of textile materials.
Dr. Neelkanth Nirmalkarinformed that it is based on nano-bubbles of air and ozone. The bubbles are hydrophobic in nature therefore interacts better than water with the fabric and distributes chemical and dyes in the fabric much efficiently than just water. These bubbles are of a size equivalent to1/11000th times of human hair. Ozone nanobubbles efficiently remove the extra dye during fabric wash and degrade the dye in the water.
Besides saving water consumption, the water after processing with a nano-bubble machine can be re-used. Nanobubble serves as a carrier for the processing chemical & reduces the extra chemical required. “Treatment of garment through this patented technology helps in maintain its real color for outdoor usage. It helps in obtaining 2-D effects, easy care, water repelling, and softening of fabric”, claimed Dr Nirmalkar.
IIT, Ropar has developed this eco-friendly technology under start-up named NanoKriti Pvt. Limited which is also working towards cleaning the environment and is expanding in developing new applications ranging from water treatment to health care.
Ministry of Finance
Decisions taken by G 20 group nations has global importance – Economic Affairs Advisor Virendra Singh
Public dialogue organized at SPPU, Pune in the run up to the G20 Infrastructure working Group Meeting
Pune , 14 Jan 23
She Virendra Singh, Advisor  Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has said that decisions taken by G 20 group nations has global importance as it comprises various important global organizations besides its member countries.
He was speaking at a public dialogue program organized at Savitribai Phule Pune University in the run up to G-20 infrastructure working group meeting.
Shri Solomon Arokiaraj , Joint Secretary Department of Economic Affairs , Ministry of finance , Smt Shalini Agarwal , Surat Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Shri Sanjay Grover, Asian Developer Bank Urban Expert and other dignitaries were present. About one lakh students and professors from various colleges and institutions participated in this program through video conferencing.
Shri Singh elaborated comprehensively the role and importance of G 20 conference He explained that since some developed countries along with developing countries are involved in this group, issues from different parts of the world will be discussed to reach out for a common solution.
He said that since last year the chairmanship of this organization is with a developing country. This year India will hold the chairmanship and next year Brazil will take over, it will certainly help developing countries in near future.
Election Commission
Registration of political parties under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System
Registration of political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. An association seeking registration under the said Section has to submit an application to the Commission within a period of 30 days following the date of its formation, as per the guidelines prescribed by the Commission in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 324 of the Constitution of India and Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
In order to enable applicants to track the status of the application, the Commission has launched a “Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System”. The salient feature in the PPRTMS is that the applicant, who is applying for party registration from 1st January, 2020 will be able to track the progress of his/her application and will get status update through SMS and e-mail. The status can be tracked through the Commission’s portal at link https://pprtms.eci.gov.in/. The Commission in the month of December, 2019, has amended the guidelines and issued a Press Note dated 02.12.2019 regarding registration of political party for the information of the general public. The new guidelines is effective from 1st January, 2020 and is available on the Commission’s website http://eci.gov.in.
SBS
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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Shri Parshotam Rupala visits Mini Aquarium Centre under PMMSY at Tanmarg, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
Distributes fishing equipment among beneficiaries of PMMSY
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, Shri Parshottam Rupala, visited the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. On the second day of his visit he visited the Mini Aquarium Centre at Tanmarg with the objective of operationalizing the Aquarium cum Awareness Centre and interacted with fish farming community.
Moving forward, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Parshottam Rupala, distributed fishing equipment among beneficiaries of CARP & TROUT units, sponsored under PMMSY. He addressed regarding the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojna  scheme and other multidimensional activities of blue revolution with major focus on increasing fisheries production and productivity  and its associated activities, including infrastructure development, Marketing, Exports, and institutional arrangements, etc.
Shri Parshottam Rupala, educated the fish farmers on the topic of cold water fisheries in India, he stated that Government of India has set up National Research Centre on Cold Water Fisheries, Uttarakhand in September 1987 to promote cold water fisheries. He threw light on topics such as increase in source of Income, Major contribution in economy of the state, the importance of cold water fishes is in their unique biodiversity, valuable germplasm and maintenance of environmental quality in hills.
Beneficiaries of PMMSY & KCC, fish farmers and fishermen interacted with Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Parshottam Rupala. This interactive session helped him to understand the issues being faced and assured the beneficiaries, fish farmers and fishermen that the same will be worked upon for improvement on fisheries development in Himalayan and cold water fisheries region.
Prime Minister's Office
First Quad Leaders’ Virtual Summit
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be participating, along with Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga and President of U.S.A. Joseph R. Biden, in the first Leaders’ Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework, being held virtually on 12th March 2021
The Leaders will discuss regional and global issues of shared interest, and exchange views on practical areas of cooperation towards maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region. The Summit will provide an opportunity to exchange views on contemporary challenges such as resilient supply chains, emerging and critical technologies, maritime security, and climate change.
The Leaders will discuss ongoing efforts to combat Covid-19 pandemic and explore opportunities for collaboration in ensuring safe, equitable and affordable vaccines in the Indo-Pacific region.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Co-WIN Update
Six members can be registered using one mobile number on Co-WIN
In continuation of updates on various utility features of Co-WIN for the beneficiaries, the following features are added in the self-registration portal of CoWIN.
a) Registration on Co-WIN –Instead of the existing limit of 4 members, now 6 members can be registered using one mobile number on Co-WIN.
b) Revoke Vaccination Status- A new utility feature has been introduced under raise an issue in Co-WIN account through which beneficiary can revoke its current vaccination status from fully vaccinated to partially vaccinated or unvaccinated status and also partially vaccinated to unvaccinated status. The vaccination status can be corrected by the beneficiaries, where in occasional isolated cases, the vaccination Certificates are generated due to inadvertent data entry errors by the vaccinator in updation of vaccination data of beneficiaries. The Changes may take 3-7 days after submitting the online request through raise an issue utility.Such beneficiaries can get their due vaccine dose, may be at nearest vaccination center, as per the existent standard guidelines once new vaccination status is successfully updated in the system.
Ministry of Culture
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial  Bill, 2019 passed by the Parliament
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial  Bill, 2019 has been passed by the Parliament after it was passed in Rajya Sabha today. The Bill was earlier passed in Lok Sabha on 2nd August 2019. It seeks to make apolitical the trust that runs Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial by removing the clause pertaining to the President of INC as a permanent member of the trust. The Bill also amends to include the Leader of Opposition recognised as such in the House of the People  or where there is no such Leader of Opposition, then the Leader of the single largest Opposition Party in that House as a member of the trust.
The Bill also amends that a nominated trustee may be terminated before the expiry of the period of five years by the Central Government.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism , Shri Prahlad Singh Patel said that this year Jalliawalan Bagh massacre has completed its 100th anniversary and after 100 years, it is necessary to build Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial as National Memorial in true sense. These amendments will make this Memorial a National Monument in true spirit.
Prime Minister's Office
Meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe of Japan
On the margins of the ongoing G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Prime Minister Modi had a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe.
The two leaders briefly reviewed progress in bilateral relations, including in important projects, since their last meeting in Japan during Prime Minister's visit in November 2016. Prime Minister Modi expressed satisfaction at developments in bilateral relations since then.
The Prime Minister said that he looked forward to Prime Minister Abe's forthcoming visit to India for the next Annual Summit and hoped that it would further strengthen their cooperation.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
HIL  has supplied 20.60 MT of DDT to South Africa for Malaria control program
HIL  Limited, a PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has supplied 20.60 Metric tonne of DDT 75 % WP to South Africa for their Malaria control program yesterday.
HIL  is the sole manufacturer of DDT globally. The company was incorporated in the year 1954 to manufacture and supply DDT to Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for malaria control programme. I the year 2019-20, the product was supplied to 20 States in the country. The Company is also exporting the product to many African countries.
The Department of Health, South Africa shall be utilising DDT in three province adjoining Mozambique. The region is highly affected with Malaria and it has reported maximum morbidity and mortality due to the disease in recent years.
Malaria continues to be one of the major public health problems gobally. In 2018, an estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide and most malaria cases and deaths  were reported from African Region. In the South East Asia Region, India accounts for majority of cases and death. Spraying of insecticides inside the human habitants i.e. Indoor Residual Spraying  has proven to be effective mosquito control tool. World Health Organisation  recommends DDT as one of the efficient IRS chemical to curb malaria mosquito menace and it is widely used by Southern African countries like South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique etc. and India.
The Company is further in process of supplying DDT 75% WP to Zimbabwe  and Zambia  in the current FY 2020-21.
HIL  Limited has recently exported 25 MT of Malathion Technical 95% to Iran under Government-to-Government initiative for the Locust Control Programme and also exported Agrochemical-fungicide  to Latin American region.
Ministry of Power
Government plans to reduce the share of coal based thermal power generation capacity to 32% by 2030
As per projections of Central Electricity Authority, the share of coal based thermal power generation capacity in the year 2030 would be around 32% in the energy mix as against the present share of 52%.
The retail consumer tariffs are determined by the respective State Regulators keeping in view several prudent costs including the cost of Power. With the increased large-scale integration of renewable power in the electricity sector, the costs of renewable power have reduced considerably and the lowest discovered tariff for solar power has been Rs 1.99 per unit which is less than energy charge of many coal-based power plants.
Government has also issued a scheme of bundling renewable power with thermal and hydro projects. This will also reduce the overall cost of power for the consumers.
Government is also extending grant assistance for construction of Green Energy Corridors, and for Solarization of agriculture feeders/pump sets under KUSUM Scheme.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.